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17/10/2008
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Buffalo Sabres 7
Shots: 27 - 35
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:65/70=92 %, Challenges:26/50=51 %
PP: 1 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:69/86=80 %, Challenges:37/54=67 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:13 0-1
Thomas Vanek [3] (Jason Pominville, Derek Roy)PP
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27:53 1-1
Chris Higgins [1] (Georges Laraque, Sergei Kostitsyn)
29:42 1-2
Drew Stafford [1] (Daniel Paillé)
36:34 2-2
Sergei Kostitsyn [2] (Chris Higgins, Georges Laraque)
38:44 2-3
Drew Stafford [2] (Paul Gaustad, Dominic Moore)
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42:17 3-3
Alex Kovalev [6] (Sergei Kostitsyn, Chris Higgins)
47:24 3-4
Thomas Vanek [4] (Derek Roy, Jason Pominville)
49:28 4-4
Saku Koivu [4] (Alex Kovalev, Sergei Kostitsyn)
51:45 4-5
Jason Pominville [2] (Thomas Vanek, Daniel Paillé)
59:28 4-6
Derek Roy [4] (Jaroslav Spacek, Garnet Exelby) EN
59:51 4-7
Thomas Vanek [5] (Jason Pominville) EN
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Penalty summary:
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05:26
Alex Kovalev (2 min for hooking)
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25:55
Toni Lydman (2 min for roughing)
25:55
Robert Lang (2 min for roughing)
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44:26
Garnet Exelby (2 min for holding the stick)
53:24
Toni Lydman (2 min for hooking)
55:54
Glen Murray (2 min for high-sticking)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 11.10 7
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 5
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 22.30 5
C Alex Tanguay 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 11.50 5
R Sergei Kostitsyn 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 2 12.10 8
L Robert Lang 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 10.20 7
C Saku Koivu 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 17.00 7
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 -2 16.50 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 11.10 7
R Glen Murray 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -3 17.20 6
R Alex Kovalev 1 1 4 2 1 0 2 -1 22.30 8
C Chris Higgins 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.00 8
D Colin White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 6
D P.K. Subban 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -3 12.20 5
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 10 4 10 0 1 28.20 9
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3 11.10 5
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 4 4 3 0 1 37.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 7 0 28 0 0 59.00 4
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Drew Stafford 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 7.40 9
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 12.50 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -3 14.00 7
R Jason Pominville 1 3 5 3 1 1 0 3 21.10 10
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 2 12.00 8
C Dominic Moore 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 12.50 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -3 14.00 7
C Derek Roy 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 3 25.30 9
L Daniel Paillé 0 2 1 4 3 4 0 2 7.40 8
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 12.50 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 14.00 5
L Thomas Vanek 3 1 4 2 3 1 0 3 21.10 10
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 0 13.20 8
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -2 14.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 4 32.30 8
D Tyler Myers 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 18.30 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 14.00 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Jason Pominville
3rd star: Drew Stafford
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 6( 45) , Rochester Americans 1( 11)
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1-0 QUE Kyle Chipchura (Maxim Lapierre)
2-0 QUE Maxim Lapierre (Matt D'Agostini, Ryan O'Byrne)
3-0 QUE Maxim Lapierre (Matt D'Agostini, Kyle Chipchura)
3-1 ROC Andrew Peters (Adam Mair, Nathan Paetsch)
4-1 QUE Kyle Chipchura (Maxim Lapierre)
5-1 QUE Matt D'Agostini (Kyle Chipchura)
6-1 QUE Gregory Stewart (Mathieu Dandenault)
Goalies: Jaroslav Halak - Patrick Lalime